Contamination by hazardous substances in the Gulf of Naples and nearby coastal areas: A review of sources, environmental levels and potential impacts in the MSFD perspective

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 466-467, Issue , 2014, Pages 820-840

  Tornero, Victoria ^a   Ribera d'Alcalà, Maurizio ^a  

^a STAZIONE ZOOLOGICA ANTON DOHRN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical pollution; Gulf of Naples; Human health; MSFD; Review; Risk

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTION; DISTRIBUTION OF CONTAMINANTS; GULF OF NAPLES; HUMAN HEALTH; MARINE STRATEGY FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE(MSFD); MSFD; SOUTHERN TYRRHENIAN SEA;

COASTAL ZONES; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH RISKS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RESEARCH; REVIEWS; RISKS; WATER POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT; SEA WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUROPEAN UNION; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOTA; COMMUNITY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GULF OF NAPLES; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; SEA;

GULF OF NAPLES; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; TYRRHENIAN SEA;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; ITALY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84883426919     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.106     Document Type: Review

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